Hemorrhage (Passive): Darius aims his attacks strategically, causing his target to bleed. This effect stacks up to five times.

Decimate: Darius swings his axe in a lethal circle. Enemies struck by its blade take more damage than those struck by its shaft.

Crippling Strike: Darius's next attack severs a crucial artery. As the target bleeds out, their movement and attack speeds are slowed. Crippling Strike's cooldown is lower the more bloodied its target.

Apprehend: Darius hones his axe, granting him passive armor penetration. When activated, Darius sweeps up his enemies with his axe's hook and pulls them to him.

Noxian Guillotine (Ultimate): Darius leaps to an enemy champion and strikes a lethal blow, dealing true damage. This damage is increased for each stack of Hemorrhage on the target. If Noxian Guillotine is a killing blow, its cooldown is refreshed.

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Lore:There is no greater symbol of Noxian might than Darius, the nation's most feared and battle-hardened warrior. Orphaned at a young age, Darius had to fight to keep himself and his younger brother alive. By the time he joined the military, he had already developed the strength and discipline of a veteran soldier. The first true test of Darius's resolve occurred in a crucial battle against Demacia, where the Noxian forces were exhausted and outnumbered. Darius's captain called for his troops to retreat, but Darius refused to accept such an act of cowardice. Breaking formation, Darius strode towards the captain and decapitated him with one sweep of his gigantic axe. Both terrified and inspired, the soldiers followed Darius into battle and fought with incredible strength and fervor. After a long and grueling battle, they ultimately emerged victorious.

Seizing momentum from this victory, Darius led his now fiercely loyal troops in a devastating campaign against Demacia. After proving his power on the battlefield, Darius turned his gaze homeward. He saw a Noxus riddled with weakness, where greedy, complacent nobles drained the nation's strength. Seeking to restore his country to greatness, Darius took it upon himself to reshape the Noxian leadership. He identified weak figureheads and violently removed them from their positions of power. Many in Noxus saw Darius's cull as an attempt to seize power, but he had a different plan for the throne. He had been watching the rise of Jericho Swain with keen interest. In Swain, Darius saw a leader with the mind and determination to bring Noxus to glory. Now allied with the Master Tactician, Darius works to unite the nation behind his vision of true Noxian strength.

"A united Noxus could control the world - and would deserve to." - Darius

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PvP.net v1.60

Normal Draft Mode Normal draft has changed so that premade groups are not prioritized over solo players Solo players have a 20% chance of being the team captain with banning powers and first pick, regardless of the premade status of the rest of the team If a solo player is not team captain, the player will be given a random slot in the pick order If players group up before a game, their host absorbs all of their chances, i.e. the host of a 4-man premade has an 80% chance to be captain Ranked Solo/Duo Queue The Free to Play rotation has been removed from Ranked Solo/Duo Queue Unlocked Champions that appear on the Free to Play rotation will still be playable You may now rename your buddy groups by double-clicking the name of the group Fixed a bug where some buddies would appear to be level 0 with no information Fixed a bug where the sound at the end of Champion select would play too loudly Fixed a bug where swap offers in Champion select would persist into your next game

League of Legends v1.0.0.140Darius, the Hand of Noxus

Hemorrhage (Passive) - Darius aims his attacks strategically, causing his target to bleed. This effect stacks up to five times. Decimate - Darius swings his axe in a wide circle. Enemies struck by the blade take more damage than those struck by the shaft. Crippling Strike - Darius's next attack severs a crucial artery. As the target bleeds out, their movement and attack speeds are slowed. Crippling Strike's cooldown is lower the more bloodied the target. Apprehend - Darius hones his axe, granting him passive armor penetration. When activated, Darius sweeps up his enemies with his axe's hook and pulls them to him. Noxian Guillotine (Ultimate) - Darius leaps to an enemy Champion and strikes a lethal blow, dealing true damage. This damage increases for each stack of Hemorrhage on the target. If Noxian Guillotine is a killing blow, its cooldown is refreshed.

Ashe

Ashe's art update New model for Classic Ashe Updated and improved models for Woad Ashe, Shewood Ashe, Frelijord Ashe and Queen Ashe All new animations and updated VFX for base and skins Updated splash art Hawkshot now displays total gold retrieved by the skill in the tooltip Adjusted Frost Shot's projectile speed to match the basic attack projectile speed Fixed a bug where Frost Shot's attack frame was slower than the basic attack

Caitlyn

Fixed a bug where Caitlyn would appear to attack during Ace in the Hole

Cho'Gath

Rupture Added red/green rings to indicate which targets will be affected Launch delay reduced to 0.65 seconds from 0.7 seconds

Dr. Mundo

Sadism now returns 40/50/60% of Mundo's health instead of 40/55/70%

Fiddlesticks

Dark Wind now deals 50% increased damage to minions and monsters

Fizz

Fixed a bug where Playful / Trickster would prevent Fizz from casting spells for longer than intended

Gangplank

Parrrley now displays total gold earned by the skill in the tooltip

Hecarim

Rampage damage to minions and monsters increased to 66% from 50% Devastating Charge now requires less distance traveled to get the full effect

Lulu

Glitterlance Damage adjusted to 80/125/170/215/260 from 80/130/180/230/280 Ability power ratio reduced to 0.5 from 0.6

New textures across the entirety of Summoner’s Rift Changes to the color palette to differentiate the upper and lower jungles from one another A new shopkeeper has arrived to service all your Champion’s item purchases New animations on many monsters including the Ancient Golem, the Lizard Elder, and Baron Nashor HUD now displays the number of creeps you have killed Minimap has improved so that map icons and player icons display more clearly Significantly improved game performance on low end machines and at lower quality settings Improved the visual quality of the in-game HUD

Co-op vs. AI

Bots will no longer kill themselves by chasing enemies onto the summoning platform Fixed a bug where Shen Bot did not learn all of his abilities Fixed a bug where Ashe Bot would occasionally get stuck toggling Frost Shot repeatedly Fixed a bug where Bots would use Cleanse on knockup, and knockback abilities

Spectator Mode

Spectators can now view the spectator UI and use Timeshift controls after the game has ended Spectator Mode will now run at full speed when alt tabbed in windowed or borderless mode The mouse cursor will now hide in spectator mode after a period of inactivity The spectator HUD will now remember chat visibility settings between games Significantly reduced CPU usage of the Featured Games module Improved the algorithm for selecting Featured Games to include more Normal and Ranked Team games with extremely skilled players Fixed a bug that caused Featured Games to occasionally show completed games Fixed a bug where fast forwarding up to live could break spectator mode Fixed a bug that could cause Directed Camera to miss kills in some situations

General

Towers will now alert you with a tone and a particle when you are being targeted Added a confirmation dialog for the quit button in champion select for Custom Games All spells attempted to be cast while crowd controlled (stunned, snared, etc) will now cast immediately at the end of the effect Improved particle scaling on characters like Dragon or Baron Nashor Fixed a bug where players could not spam emotes to their heart's content Fixed a bug where units would remain highlighted after death Fixed a bug where inputs made while the shop is open would translate onto the battlefield (unintentional pings, pathing, etc)

Just wondering how long till they wait until knock down Noxian Guillotine because people complain at it being overpowered.

It clearly has the potential to be be overpowered. Seems like a katarina shunpo + katarina passive , except its with true damage. Although darius ulti does has to get the kill rather than just an assist, it will be interesting to see how good it is.

Lulu nerf doesn't appear to be much, she'll still be great as an AP champ. Darius, judging from Phreak's video, looks like Mega-garen. Should be somewhat effective in lane, but will definitely shine later on when teamfights start, since he can bunny hop Tristana-style.

Darius looks pretty powerful. But he's going to need a nerf on that ultimate, maybe changing it from true damage to attack/magic damage will even be satisfactory enough. But we'll wait and see how it goes I guess . But I love the sound of the new Summoner's Rift .

Haven't touched Darius, mostly because supposedly superior players autolock him without saying a word in chat.

I have played my beloved AP Lulu though, and I haven't picked up those easy first blood's at level 3 and 4. Her late game is still hilarious because her shields are strong in teamfights, but most notably some early game, and more importantly mid game damage has decreased.

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